From Our Kanchow Correspondent In Lungnanhsien there is made a kind of lacquer work which is very nice. The articles are of wood, a very rough plain-looking sort of material; but when they lacquered with that particular ud of varnish they look splendid, and so far as I know are not thus produced in any other place. The secret must be in the mixing or application of the varnish, as the latter is bought here and taken to Lungnan and there applied, but here in Kanchow they cannot turn out anything like the Lungnan ware. The articles in greatest de nian are hat stands, confectionery trays, teapot cases and any other shape which may be—specially ordered.
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